Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2977, 19 December 1925, Page 2

Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The average attendance at the loeal state school for December quarter of this year constituted a record, viz. 400.

0. Tver, a local pupil attending the Palmerston North Boys’ High School, annexed the first prize in the geometrical drawing class for form v.a. at the recent prize giving of that school.

Ina Easton, a pupil of the local public school, deserves special mention for her highly creditable attendance at school, having attended every time the school was open during the past four years.

Marjorie Mo Murray, Hazel Spring and Lucy Thompson, three local pupils attending the Palmerston North Girls’ High School, have been successful in gaining lirst aid certificates in connection with Ihe St. John's'Ambulance class.

The annual picnic of the Oroua Downs Sunday School is being held this afternoon, and the distribution of prizes will be made to-mor-row afternoon in the hall, to which function all interested are heartily invited.

To-morrow is being observed as Christmas Sunday by the Methodist congregations at foxtail, Shannon and Oroua Downs. Appropriate music will be a feature of the services, and freewill offerings are being invited in aid of the circuit funds.

Through the simple process of toasting his tobacco the modern manufacturer has been able to effect an enormous improvement in the smoking quality. It is a wellknown fae[ that cooked food is wholesomer and more digestible than raw food, and the same principle applies to tobacco. We do not eat raw meat or lisli or drink raw coffee, why should wo smoke raw tobacco. It is wonderful how the flavour of tobacco can he developed by toasting. Try any of the loeal brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what is also important, as a result of the toasting - process the tobacco loses all deleterious properties. Smokers who study their health should therefore give this matter their attention, and avoid strong foreign tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine, ibey are sure to undermine even the most robust constitution. Not only is the loeal article purer and more wholesome than most of the imported brands, but it is cheaper 100. Riverhrnd Gold is mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog) of medium strength, but if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10.